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Thank you! Just retired from the day job! I'm setting up a new shop in Philadelphia. Gonna build a lot more of these to hopefully show at the Philadelphia museum of art Craft Show in Nov if...

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My mash-up design combining Hans Wegner's "The Chair" and Maloof style dining chairs.

Thank you. That's a technique know as "complimentary curves". It's done with a router and thorough understanding that all points on the curves need to be the same radius. It's different than...

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And here is my own new design. This chair just completed. A fusion of Sam Maloof and Hans Wegner. More pics to follow.

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Here's the top of the sliding dovetail for headrest joinery into back legs, instead of butt joint with screws and plugs.

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Maloof Style Rocker recently completed. This is my third rocker. Curly maple with full thickness walnut embedded in middle of seat using "complimentary...

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A method for clamping a nonlinear slanted joint - using aluminum L brackets with a slot taking a drywall screw into the back rest. The arm side of the L...

Excellent question I've been struggling with. After experiencing the joint glue up for the second time (most current pics) I realized some kind of "clamping" is needed. After staring at it for...

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Thank you. Should be interesting. The White Oak sure works differently than hard Maple but it smells really nice and sands down to a very elegant grain pattern. Beginning with turning the legs for...

Thank you so much. I will be posting more pictures as the six chair in White oak build progresses.

Thanks! Gonna post pictures every now and then of the build for 6 of these chairs.

Thank you!

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Thank you! I'm getting ready to build 6 more in white oak. See pics. Building the prototype shown here was very critical to the process.

True. But every problem has a solution! Thinking about how to approach each problem is what takes a lot of time. This prototype will allow me to build the set of 6 with templates and jigs created...

I love being in my shop and building things. My architect daughter and son-in law got me back into woodworking a number of years ago after a hiatus due to my career.

Started back building some...

Derek, Thanks for your website and posts on Hans Wegner's "the chair". I too have been inspired to build it and have greatly benefited from your posts and measurements given by others. This is my...

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Been hand making this amazing chair inspired by Hans Wegner, Derek Cohen and his website https://www.inthewoodshop.com. Taking pointers and...